Criminals Trying To Steal Our Money? That We Expect (We Don't Understand Giving It To Them)

We tell you, and tell you, and tell you, but we guess - since most don't appear to be critical thinkers - it takes an appeal from authority before you'll take truthful information seriously:

Cash-strapped British taxpayers fork out an extra £765 for goods and services every year because of fraudsters, according to figures published today.

The National Fraud Authority (NFA) said cheats carve an annual £38 billion hole in Britain's finances.

The watchdog's second annual fraud indicator found crooks swindled the public sector out of £21 billion, more than half of total losses.

Meanwhile the private sector lost £12 billion, individuals £4 billion and charities £1.3 billion to frauds from marketing scams to bogus operators.

Officials said if the cost of fraud was broken down individually it would leave every adult with a bill for £765 in increased prices.

The second Annual Fraud Indicator showed the total cost of fraud has increased by more than £8 billion from £30 billion last year.

And, needless to say, the cost is bound to be much higher in the U.S..

Exit question:

Did they include psychics and other NewAge flim-flam in the survey?